Hazel Farr
Nov 23, 2015
Hazel Gilmer Farr, 75, died November 23, 2015. A native of Hall County, she was a daughter of the late Clyde and Vallie Seabolt Gilmer and was preceded in death by a brother, Howard Gilmer. Mrs. Farr worked for many years at the University of Georgia and was a member of Central Baptist Church. Funeral services will be Wednesday, November...
Bobby Towe
Nov 23, 2015
Bobby Towe, 69, died November 23, 2015. A native of Oconee County, he was a son of the late Bertie Lou Whitfield and James Gordon Towe. He was also preceded in death by four brothers, Leonard D. Towe, Harvey Towe, Bennie E. Towe and James A. Towe and a sister, Bertie Ramona Towe. Mr. Towe worked at Whitehall Mills, Kendall...
Albert Thomas "Tommy" Baugh
Nov 21, 2015
Albert Thomas "Tommy" Baugh Jr., 46, died Saturday, November 21, 2015. Born in Royston to the late Albert Thomas Baugh Sr. and Edna Phillips Baugh. Tommy is also preceded in death by his sister, Pat Ridley. Survivors include his son, Max Baugh, sisters Marie Anderson (Jack), Sandra Yarbrough (Bobby), and Terrie Neidheardt (Jurgen), and several nieces and nephews. He was...
Wera Nell Jackson
Nov 21, 2015
Wera Nell Jackson, 77, wife of 59 years to James Darrell Jackson, died Saturday, November 21, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Born in Oconee County, she was the daughter of Maggie Nell Moore Payne and the late Walter Prince Payne. She was also preceded in death by her sister and brother-in-law, Joyce and Eugene Eades....
Callie Ann Crumbley
Nov 19, 2015
Callie Ann Price Crumbley, 83, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away November 19, 2015 in Winterville GA, after suffering with Alzheimer's for a number of years. She was born in Hampton, GA to the late Samuel Hubert Price and Lois Turner Price. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 62 years, Jim Bowen Crumbley. She was also...
David Mark Johnston
Nov 18, 2015
David Mark Johnston, age 69, of Colbert, Georgia died on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at his home. Memorial services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, November 21 at Life Church in Athens, Georgia with visitation one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. Lord and Stephens East in...
Marion Henry Harris
Nov 18, 2015
Marion Henry Harris, age 90, of Monroe, GA, died Wednesday, November 18, 2015. A native of Atlanta, he was the son of the late James Scott Harris and Bessie Vera Simpson Harris. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Evelyn Anne Thomas Harris and a daughter, Suzanne Harris Awbrey. Mr. Harris was the former President...
Josephine Ann (Wheless) Poole
Nov 18, 2015
Josephine Ann Wheless Poole (Joann) passed away peacefully at her home in Sandy Cross on November 18th, 2015. She was 82. Joann was born the eldest daughter to Robert Felton Wheless and Nina Gunter Wheless. She was the loving wife of Bernice Frank Poole (Shorty) for 40 years. Joann worked as a secretary in Atlanta before moving back to Oglethorpe...
William Eugene "Bill" Roberts
Nov 16, 2015
William "Bill" Eugene Roberts, 89, died November 16, 2015. A native of Lithonia, GA, he was a son of the late Thomas and Clyde Haslett Roberts. Mr. Roberts lived in Watkinsville for the last ten years and was a member of Mars Hill Baptist Church. He retired from Western Electric after thirty-seven years and served in the United States Navy...
Archer Clyde Peck
Nov 15, 2015
Archer Clyde Peck, 92, of Farmington, passed away peacefully Sunday, November 15, 2015. Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Joseph Emory and Lou Pearl Harper Peck. Mr. Peck lived in Farmington for most of his life where he was, until recently, an active member of Freeman Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Peck was a farmer in...
Ruby P. Carver
Nov 15, 2015
Ruby P. Carver, 90, died November 15, 2015. A native of Ocklawaha, FL, she was a daughter of the late John Frank and Dora Belle Morgan Hornbeak. She lived in this area since 1977 and was a Charter member of Cleveland Road Baptist Church. She was a Red Cross volunteer at St. Mary's Hospital and Athens Regional for over twenty-five...
Josette Felicie Staudt
Nov 14, 2015
Josette Felicie Staudt, 83, of Athens, died Saturday, November 14, 2015. Born in Ougrée, Liège, Belgium, she was the daughter of the late Jean-Joseph and Renée Étienne Welsch. Josette and her family lived in Linsi (Hopei) North China from 1934-1946 while her father worked for a British engineering company. During this time, her family was part of a community taken...
David W. Dreesen
Nov 12, 2015
Retired UGA Veterinary Professor Dr. David W. Dreesen, of Wintervlle, GA, died on November 12, 2015 at 81 years of age due to complications from Myasthenia Gravis. He is survived by Alice Elizabeth "Libby" Dreesen, his loving wife of 60 years, as well as his son and daughter, Lance Dreesen and Laura Light, brother Paul Dreesen and four grandchildren. With...
Terry Wayne Shelton
Nov 12, 2015
Terry Wayne Shelton, 50, of Danielsville, died Thursday, November 12, 2015. Born in Athens, he was the son of Sally Barbara Jones and the late Joe Robert Shelton. Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Angela Denise Shelton; eleven children, Amy, Aressa, Renee, Melissa, TW, Justin, Chasity, Tyler, Tiffany, Dylan and Devin Shelton; two sisters, Ann Gaddis and...
Elaine Thurmond Gibson
Nov 10, 2015
Elaine Thurmond Gibson, 71 of Colbert, passed away November 10, 2015. She was the daughter of the late, Clem and Estelle Thurmond. Funeral Services are Thursday November 12, 2015 12:00 PM at Lord & Stephens, Danielsville Chapel with Rev. Jim Stuchell and Chaplain Ada Monell officiating. The family will have a visitation at the funeral home Wednesday, 6:00pm to 8:00pm....
Frank McHan
Nov 10, 2015
Frank McHan, Ph.D., passed away November 10, 2015 after a short illness. Following service in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, Dr. McHan earned his doctoral degree in Microbiology/Mycology at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He then proceeded to teach and conduct research at the University of California, Berkley. He moved to Athens when he accepted a...
Vytautas "Vic" Anthony Mazeika
Nov 10, 2015
Vytautas "Vic" Anthony Mazeika, 99 years of age and a native of Kaunas, Lithuania, died November 10, 2015. Funeral services will be Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM at the chapel of Lord and Stephens, EAST. Interment will be on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at St. Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery, Chicago, IL. Survivors include four children, John Mazeika and Tony...
James Cooper Jones Jr
Nov 10, 2015
James Cooper Jones Jr., 85, of Watkinsville died Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Born in Valdosta, GA to the late James Cooper Jones Sr., and Elsie Stone Jones. James is survived by his wife, Barbara Z. Jones, son, James Cooper III, sister, Margaret Jones Langdale, nephew, John Wesley Langdale Jr., and nieces, Lee Langdale Mikuta and Margaret E. Langdale, and his...
Ann Breedlove Powers
Nov 10, 2015
Ann Breedlove Powers, aged 68, passed peacefully at her home in Watkinsville surrounded by family after a five-year battle with cancer. Ann was an artist, teacher, gardener, and loving wife and mother. Ann was born May 4, 1947, to William Henry Breedlove and Dorothy Jackson Breedlove of Watkinsville. She is survived by her husband Allen Powers, her son, William Allen...
Lillian Yarbrough Thomason
Nov 9, 2015
Lillian Yarbrough Thomason, 92, of Hull, passed away November 9, 2015. She was the daughter of the late J. G. and Nettie Hart Yarbrough. She is survived by her husband Lance Thomason of 73 years. She was also preceded in death by her son Tony Lance Thomason and her precious grandson, Andrew Lance Thomason. She was the last sibling of...